Motor vehicle



Nov. 29, 1927.

H. J. KLINE MOTOR VEHICLE Filed March 13. 1926 [is ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 29, 1927.

UNITED STATES I 1,651,281 PATENT orF-Ic E.

HARMON J. KLINE, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, Assrenoa r0 raoxaan Moron can COM- PANY, or nn'rnoxr, MICHIGAN,

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Moron VEHICLE.

Application filed March 13, 1926. Serial No. 94,573,

This invention relates to? a motor vehicle, and more particularly to the construction of aconnectingarm such as is employed in the type of suspension illustrated in Patent No. 1,515,716, November 18, 1924, where the arm hasone end'connected to an axle and its opposite end connected to a motor. vehicle frame through a rnbber block that is clamped between and has groove and rib connection with the frame and arm respectively.

The object of the invention is to provide a simplified and practicable construction for the connecting arm, making it possible to manufacture it economically on a commercial scale.

In. a more specific aspect, the invention,

has for its object to afford an arrangement that permits of stamping "from sheet metal a connecting arm that is characterize-d by the necessary stiffness and strength to with stand the strains and. pressure imposed on it.

\Vith these ends in View, the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts that will appear from the follow ingdcscription when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, the novel features being pointed out in the claims following the description.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating apreferred embodiment of the invention as applied to a motor vehicle frame and axle, and forming part of a suspension similar to that of the patented construction hereinbefore referred to; I V

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view, with parts broken away, taken centrally through the connecting arm;

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional View on line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view on line 4-4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the outer end of c the connecting arm,

- showing the axle bracket held thereby, and

Figure 6 isa'sectional view on line 66 of Figure 5.

Referring more particularly to the drawh ing a e rin fer xible e aee tioe with the outer end of the arm which is constructed in the following manner.

t 1 con'si *s 0 W0 S'lQ-Q i The connecting arn st f t l t in. the other in inverted relationship, as

shown. in Figure 4. In order. to provide a circular housing for the rubber block usedin the type of suspension hereinbefore mentloned, the outer section 4 has a curved wall 6 at one end and the inner section 5 has a curve-d wall 8 at one end. The curved end 7 walls 6 and 8 are arranged opposite to each other and together forma circular housing for the. rubber block 9, the end wall 8 conforming to the circle of end wall 6 and being arranged betweenthe side walls 7. It will be understood that the rubberblock '9 has ribs and grooves therein for cooperation with corresponding ribs and grooves on the housing and on the frame, in the manner shown in the patent above referred to. The sections 4 and 5 are suitably riveted together and the arm' is held in clamping relation with the rubber block 9 by the center pin 10 and its retaining nut, after the fashion of the patented structure already mentioned.

The connecting arm is united with the axle through a bracket whichhas a U-shaped inner end 11, preferably tapering, andloeither rigidly or flexibly, and through other means than the bracket just described, which is illustrative of a preferred arrangement that lends itself to a practicable yielding union with the axle.

Vhile the invention has been described with reference to a certain structural embodiment, it is not restricted to the precise details or arrangement shown, and this ap-' plication is intended to cover suchmodifications or departures as may come within the spirit of the invention or the Scope of the following claims, 1

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1. In a motor \Ol1IlCl8,tllC combinatian with a frame and axle.- 0f a hollam stan'ipeiil metal arm connected at one and to the 'fll'll'lil and at its opposite and in tha axle ssaid arm consisting; of two sectiana a1" U-sihapml (ramisection secured one withia he nthm' and havin; curved walls at one and, (mu oppo- Nitc to the other, and lngcihmr harming a vircular l'imiiiing', and a rubber block dis posed in the housing! and having groom and rib umuieciiion \vii'h the frame and arm.

In a motor vehicle, the combination with a frame and axle oi. a hollow, stamped moral arm connected at One and in the "frai'ne and at its opposite end to (he axlesaid arm consisting of two scvl iona 0i U-sha1md crosssection secured one within [he other and having curved walls at one and 0mv opposite to the other, and lzogelhor Forming a circular housing. a rubber block disposed in said hairs ".151; and having grao'm and rib CO1111- iina with the frame and arm, and a bracket semirsd within the opposite end of the arm and prm'idod with an and portion lhiiijtfililiJiC in the axle.

3. in a motor which, a r-nimrrl inn arm minimising lwn nwmhr-ra nil U-shapud rmss- F-lLCiZlOI] secured, one within the other, the ()HiUL' mcmhvr i'eriiiinai'in r in a, (EIHVOli and wall, the inner niemho fllFiO l'crl'ninating in a curved end wall (ixlumling between the adjacent walls 01' the ()LltOl member and c0- aperatiiig with said curved and wall of the (JlliOJ' mvmhm (:0 form a housing 01 substantially circular mil'lim'.

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